Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 29.9% on April 24

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 29.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 773,734 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,806 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 23,680 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 773,212 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 29.2% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 24.1% of total generation, while imported coal plants and run-of-the-mill plants contributed 15.6% and 14.5%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,431 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,953 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation